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How many fuel assemblies in its core does a large modern nuclear power plant?
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∙ 12y ago
It depends on the particular design and the design objectives. One plant that I worked at had 137 control rods, each having four bundles, for a total bundle count of 548 assemblies. Each assembly had 62 fuel rods and two water rods in an 8 x 8 matrix.
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A large modern nuclear power plant has approximately how many fuel assemblies in its core?
There are about 121 to 193 fuel bundles loaded into a PWR reactor core. If you are talking about a BWR, that ranges from 368 - 800 fuel assemblies per core.
What is a part of a nuclear power plant that undergoes a fission reaction?
Nuclear fission takes place in the nuclear fuel rods that are placed in the reactor core that is situated in the reactor pressure vessel. The reactor pressure vessel is usually situated inside the reactor containment.
How is a nuclear power plant safe?
How is a nuclear power plant safe?
What nuclear reaction is used to the Bataan power plant?
The nuclear reaction used in the Bataan power plant is nuclear fission.
What produces energy for a nuclear power plant?
The energy source for a nuclear power plant is the fissioning of nuclear fuel, which is normally uranium.
A large modern nuclear power plant has approximately how many fuel assemblies in its core?
There are about 121 to 193 fuel bundles loaded into a PWR reactor core. If you are talking about a BWR, that ranges from 368 - 800 fuel assemblies per core.
In what area of the nuclear power plant does the chain reaction occur?
fuel assemblies in the core.
Why would you not build a nuclear plant in the middle of a desert?
A nuclear power plant needs a large heatsink, i.e. cooling water. There is very little cooling water in the middle of a desert. That is why nuclear power plants are generally built on the edge of oceans or lakes, or on large rivers.
What is a part of a nuclear power plant that undergoes a fission reaction?
Nuclear fission takes place in the nuclear fuel rods that are placed in the reactor core that is situated in the reactor pressure vessel. The reactor pressure vessel is usually situated inside the reactor containment.
What is the function of a nuclear reactor of a nuclear plant?
simply, the nuclear reactor is the source of heat (or steam) for the nuclear power plant.
Who invented the nuclear power plant?
In 1942 Ricardo Husada invented the nuclear reactor. His team produced the first nuclear chain reaction! 1954 - Worlds first nuclear power plant (Russia) started generating electricity. The first large-scale nuclear power station opened at Calder Hall in Cumbria, England, in 1956.
Existing nuclear power plant?
what is the existing of nuclear power plant?
How is a nuclear power plant safe?
How is a nuclear power plant safe?
What kind of nuclear plant was Chernobyl?
Chernobyl was a Nuclear Power Plant.
What is the positive of nuclear power plant?
what is negative of the nuclear power plant
What kind of fallout will we see from a nuclear power plant?
Nuclear Fallout comes from a nuclear power plant.
What are the emotional aspects of nuclear plants?
You mean of the people who run them I think. My own emotion when running a large nuclear plant is of awe, but also of the feeling of being in control of a large powerful but docile mechanism, which always does what you tell it to.
